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Notice of Upcoming Funding Opportunity: 2018 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition: Genomics Solutions for Agriculture, Agri-food, Fisheries and Aquaculture
Genome Canada is pleased to advise the research community of an upcoming funding opportunity – the 2018 Large-Scale Applied Research Project Competition: Genomics Solutions for Agriculture, Agri-food, Fisheries and Aquaculture. This Competition is anticipated to be formally launched in June 2018 with detailed guidelines and application forms available at that time. Genome Canada is in discussion with other organizations as potential partners for this competition.
New Vice-President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer at Genome Canada
Genome Canada is delighted to welcome Paul St George to the position of Vice President, Corporate Services and Chief Financial Officer, effective today.
He has a wealth of senior leadership experience with over twenty years of managing strategic and financial affairs. Most recently he was Vice-President, Finance and CFO at Health Sciences North (HSN) in Sudbury, Ontario, which includes the Health Sciences North Research Institute.
Funding opportunity: Research Catalyst Network to expedite collaboration between basic and clinician scientists in functional studies of novel rare disease genes
Genome Canada has partnered with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) to launch a funding opportunity to support a national network that will help maintain Canada’s leadership in enabling clinical geneticists who are identifying rare disease gene mutations to collaborate with model organism researchers with expertise in the cognate gene’s function, and to develop the capacity to study genes for which no suitable models can be identified in Canada with other countries with similar
Genome Canada praises historic federal investments in science and innovation through Budget 2018
Genome Canada applauds the Government of Canada’s historic investments in the next generation of Canadian researchers through commitments laid out in Budget 2018 – Equality + Growth: A Strong Middle Class, released yesterday.
Genome Canada applauds launch of new superclusters
Genome Canada wishes to congratulate Canada’s new superclusters: Digital Technology; Protein Industries, Advanced Manufacturing; SCALE.AI and, Oceans.
Genome Canada congratulates Philip Hieter on receiving 2018 George W. Beadle Award for outstanding contributions to the genetics research community
Genome Canada and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) are pleased to congratulate Dr. Philip Hieter on recently being awarded the 2018 George W. Beadle Award by the Genetics Society of America, for his outstanding contributions to the genetics research community.